More Than 1.5 Million Tourists Arrived In Maldives So Far This Year

MALÉ, Sept 8 (NNN-IPS) – The Maldives welcomed over 1.5 million tourists, so far this year, a 9.7 percent increase from the same period last year, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Environment. The country received 1,520,699 tourists, so far this year, the data showed. The growth kept…

Pakistan’s Workers Remittances Increased 6.6 Percent In August

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s workers remittances rose 6.6 percent, year-on-year, to 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in August, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said, yesterday. The cumulative inflows during the first two months of the 2025-26 fiscal year reached 6.4 billion dollars, marking a growth of 7.0 percent,…

Blast Killed Three In India’s Haryana

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (NNN-PTI) – Three members of a family were killed yesterday, after the compressor of an air conditioner exploded, triggering fire in a four-storey residential building, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police said. The accident took place in Greenfield area of Haryana’s Faridabad district. According…

Egypt’s Sisi Slams Israel For Gaza War, Opposes Palestinian Displacement

CAIRO, Sept 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday, condemned Israel for its military operations in the Gaza Strip, and reaffirmed his rejection of any attempt to displace Palestinians from their land, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. In a speech delivered at a virtual BRICS summit, Sisi…

Urgent: 6.8-Magnitude Quake Hit Vanuatu Region – USGS

BEIJING, Sept 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.8, jolted the Vanuatu region, at 2147 GMT last night , the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.09 degrees south latitude, and 173.80 degrees east longitude.–…

Seven Killed, Nine Injured In Uzbekistan Car Accident

TASHKENT, Sept 8 (NNN-UzA) – Seven people were killed and nine others injured, yesterday, in a traffic accident involving eight cars in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region, local media reported, today, citing the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to official information, a truck collided with two other trucks and five passenger…

Cambodia, Philippines Signed Three Deals On Air Service, Education, Transnational Crime Fight

PHNOM PENH, Sept 8 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and the Philippines, today signed three documents, promoting bilateral cooperation in air connectivity, higher education, and combating cross-border crime. Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, and visiting Philippine President, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, witnessed the signing ceremony of the documents, after their bilateral meeting at…

Road Accident Killed Six, Injured One In Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province

KABUL, Sept 8 (NNN-BNA) – Six passengers were killed and another was injured, as a car collided with a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction, in the eastern Ghazni province today, provincial government spokesman, Ezatullah Sayedi, said. Without providing more details, the official said that, an investigation had been…

Over 100,000 Afghan Refugees Return Home In One Week: Ministry

KABUL, Sept 8 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 107,037 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan over the past week, according to a report from the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, issued yesterday. The ministry stated that, all returnees have received essential assistance, including food,…

50 More Palestinians Murdered As Israeli Army Continues To Intensify Attacks On Gaza City; Death Toll: 64,455 Palestinians

GAZA, Sept 8 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 50 more Palestinians were murdered across the Gaza Strip, by the marauding Israeli army yesterday, it was officially reported. According to the report, 46 of the victims were in the northern part of the enclave. Since dawn yesterday, the Barbaric Israeli army has…